Source: Miami Herald, January 10, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning — the smelly and unhealthy evidence of which often ends up in people’s yards and homes. It’s a billion-dollar problem that climate change is making worse. As sea level […]

Source: https://www.thegardnernews.com, January 16, 2019 By: Andrew Mansfield The Gardner Redevelopment Authority is seeking additional grant funding for environmental clean-up of the property at 140 South Main St. The property was home to Bolster Oil Co. several decades ago, believed to be the source of the petroleum-contaminated soil that testing discovered in recent years. About […]

Source: Wisconsin State Journal, January 14, 2019 Posted on: http://www.advisen.com Wisconsin has taken the first step toward scaling back liability protections for the owners of contaminated properties, a move that could save taxpayers from potential pollution cleanup costs that have run into the hundreds of millions of dollars in other states. A re-examination of Wisconsin […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, “Environmental Insider,” January 2019 Be ready when life happens. These claim situations illustrate the variety of environmental exposures that could affected your customers! A contractor was demolishing a small bridge as part of a roadway expansion project when it encountered asbestos- containing materials (ACM). Proper controls and air monitoring were put in place, […]

Source: https://www.greatamericaninsurancegroup.com, “Environmental Insider”, January 2019 With the potential for a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill on the horizon, the demand for asphalt paving projects is expected to increase as the nation’s infrastructure undergoes upgrades, improvements and new construction. Often an increase in workload results in increased potential for accidents and associated environmental liability exposures. Environmental […]

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk, May 10, 2018 By: Mythili Sampathkumar One local official says it has been a long time since police were smiling at the scene of an accident A truck full of liquid chocolate has overturned on a motorway in Poland, spilling 12 tonnes of the sweet stuff all over the road. Traffic was blocked […]

Source: https://abcnews.go.com, January 14, 2019 By: Julia Jacobo Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory isn’t the only place to house a river of chocolate. A section of Interstate 40 near Flagstaff, Arizona, was covered in the cocoa confection after a tanker trailer carrying more than 40,000 pounds of the liquid overturned Monday morning around 9 a.m., Arizona Department of Public […]

Source: https://www.lexology.com, January 9, 2019 By: David Chung, Crowell & Moring LLP The issue of emerging contaminants in the environment, particularly in drinking water, has made headlines over the past year, but there are still no binding federal regulatory standards for most of these chemicals. However, that has not deterred states and private entities from […]

Source: https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com, January 12, 2019 By: Avalon Zoppo South Jersey Gas and three other firms that formerly used or owned the old Deull Fuel Co. site are seeking to dismiss part of a lawsuit brought by the state over pollution created at the now-defunct manufactured gas plant decades ago. In court on Friday, attorneys for […]

Source: https://www.insurancejournal.com, January 14, 2019 By: David J. Mitchell Wetland ecologist Scott Nesbit drove down a gravel oil field road in Louisiana in an all-terrain utility vehicle, zipping under a heavy forest canopy toward what he says is the source of it all. Nesbit’s target was a shuttered and overgrown former Shell Oil production facility […]

Source: https://www.thespec.com, January 11, 2019 By: Teviah Moro Mayor Marianne Meed Ward says agreement “brings closure to a long and difficult chapter for the residents of 2411 New St.” The city’s insurer has settled a lawsuit with residents of a condo building in Burlington that has been beset with structural problems. “This settlement brings closure to […]

Source: https://www.seacoastonline.com, January 10, 2019 by: Max Sullivan Stephen Uliano had no idea where he contracted pneumonia this summer until he read a news story two months later about a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak at Hampton Beach. Now Uliano, who came to Hampton Beach with his girlfriend from New York this July, has filed the seventh […]